Iron and chronic viral hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 759-768

  Bonkovsky, Herbert L ^a,b   Banner, Barbara F ^b   Rothman, Alan L ^a  

^a Liver Biliary and Pancreatic Ctr ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOSIDERIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; MALONALDEHYDE; MIMOSINE; RIBAVIRIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TRANSFERRIN; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; IRON; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSFERRIN; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0031044019     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250345     Document Type: Article

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